Akihiro Asai (born September 13, 1975) is a Japanese
race car
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driver. Started open-wheel racing in 1994.
Won East & West Japanese Formula 4 titles in 1997.
Also competed in
Formula Holden Australian Driver's Championship (1998–1999, 2002) and
CART Toyota Atlantic (2000). Started entering GT car racing in 2003 from Team Taisan in the
Japanese GT Championship. Competed in the
Japanese GT Championship and
Super GT
Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a sports car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC), the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is the top level of ...
in 2004, 2005 and 2010. Also raced in the 2005
Super Taikyu Series
Super Taikyu (スーパー耐久, ''Super Endurance''), formerly known as the Super N1 Taikyu Series prior to 2005 and N1 Endurance Series prior to 1995, and currently named the Eneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone for sponsorship ...
championship. From 2010, started to participate racing in south east Asia region and in 2011 won the Supercar Thailand N.A. class Championship. Races widely in
GT Asia,
Asian Le Mans Series
The Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS) is an Asian sports car racing endurance series created by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and based in Asia. It is the successor to the defunct Japan Le Mans Challenge which folded in 2007 after its second s ...
, Thailand Super Series.
Racing record
Complete Super GT results
References
External links
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1975 births
Japanese racing drivers
Atlantic Championship drivers
Super GT drivers
Living people
Formula Holden drivers
Asian Le Mans Series drivers
21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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